Police: Teen shot in leg early Friday in Gary

GARY — Police are investigating a shooting at 9:52 a.m. Friday that injured a 15-year-old boy who was walking eastbound on Fifth Avenue.

Police responded on Friday morning to the 2000 block of West Fifth Avenue in reference to a male gunshot wound victim, according to a news release. While enroute, officers learned a male juvenile had been brought to the emergency room at Methodist Hospitals Northlake Campus in Gary.

Officers met with the 15-year-old who had suffered a single gunshot wound to his right leg, the release states.

The teen told the officers he had been walking eastbound on Fifth Avenue when someone in a red vehicle fired a handgun in his direction. He attempted to run but was struck by one of the bullets. Family members took him to the hospital.

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Gary officers located a crime scene in the 2000 block of West Fifth Avenue and the department's Crime Scene Investigative Unit processed the scene.

The incident is being investigated by Sgt. William Fazekas. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Gary Police Department Violent Crimes Division at 219-881-1210 or the Crime Tip Line at 866-CRIME-GP.

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